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A new landscape for competition enforcement: new challenges via e-discovery?

By Athina Kontosakou, Consulting Attorney 18 October 2011 – Almost a month before the adoption of a package of measures improving the system of competition enforcement in Europe, we attended the 15th Annual Competition...more

Pa. District Court Awards $367,000 in E-discovery Costs to Prevailing Defendants

In Race Tires America, Inc. v. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp.,1 the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania held that the two prevailing defendants may recover e-discovery costs because such costs are the...more

Prevailing Antitrust Defendants Recover $367,000 in e-Discovery Costs

Recently, prevailing antitrust defendants were awarded $367,000 in e-discovery costs incurred by their vendor. See Race Tires America v. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp., 2011 WL 1748620 (W.D. Pa. May 6, 2011). While the Court...more

Race Tires America: District Court Identifies Another Tool to Shift E-Discovery Costs

Key Points: A prevailing party may be able to recover at least some of its e-discovery costs at the conclusion of a case. Costs arising from “highly technical” e-discovery tasks not able to be performed by attorneys...more